Beacon 2010

Contemporary Art at Barrington Court

Barrington Court, Nr Ilminster, Somerset TA19 0NQ

Scion is the title of a series of activities developed by Beacon and the National Trust that will deliver a programme of contemporary art at Barrington Court over the course of sixteen months culminating in a major exhibition in 2011. Beacon Art Project is based in Lincolnshire and commissions and presents artwork by national and international artists within unusual, non-gallery settings, emphasising the importance of the context in which we experience art.

Artwork of the Month and Artist Lunchtime Talks

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September

GERARD WILLIAMS

Arundel 1993   

This sculpture, one of a series, is an enlarged standard British moulding profile as used in skirtings, architraves, picture rails etc. It has been meticulously crafted using wood, veneer and fabric.

Artist Lunchtime Talk: 28 Sept 1.30pm

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Exhibition

18 September - 23 November 2010

Lyndall Phelps

Archival Scenarios 

The artist Lyndall Phelps has been commissioned by Beacon Art Project to produce an artwork in response to Barrington Court. From June to August she has worked with staff and volunteers to research and develop her ideas the results of which can be seen in this new exhibition on the top floor of Barrington Court.

The exhibition 'Archival Scenarios' is an archive which records and analyses data relating to each of the individual wooden panels lining the walls of the attic at Barrington Court.

Visitors entering the top floor of the house will feel they have entered a film set from CSI. The artist has divided the attic into 8 sections centered around a stone window sill marking each with a forensic evidence marker the design of which is based on crime scene photographic markers.

On the window sill in each of the 8 sections will be found archival data sheets on which the artist has meticulously drawn and recorded the number and sizes of wooden panels in each section. Directly referencing the house's former owner Arthur Lyle displayed on the central window sill of the top floor will be 8 laboratory standard glass specimen jar etched with a measuring scale from 100 to 500. Each jar labeled Section 1 to 8 is filled with Tate and Lyle Golden Syrup, to the number on the scale that relates to the number of panels in that particular Section.

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October

LOUISE K. WILSON

Weep O Mine Eyes 2005

This video of a solo singer is from a recent project entitled 'A Record of Fear' the artist made for Orford Ness once a top secret military testing site now looked after by the National Trust.

Artist Lunchtime Talk: 26 October 1.30pm

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November

CATHERINE BERTOLA

Thought for the Week  2010                 

Is an ongoing series of embroideries, each containing a text derived from emails the artist receives every week from a life coaching website.

Artist Lunchtime Talk: 30 November 1.30pm

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July

ANDREW BRACEY

Clout

July’s Artwork of the Month was ‘Clout’ 2003-2006 by Manchester based artist Andrew Bracey. ‘Clout’ is a collection of miniature paintings, each painted onto the heads of roofing nails. Consisting of a vast range of images culled from the internet, holiday snaps and newspapers. The collection consists of over 5000 paintings. A selection of these paintings will be discreetly displayed on the walls of the rooms and corridors of Barrington Court. As you walk around expect to encounter these paintings in unexpected places and spaces.

Andrew Bracey was born in Bristol (1978). He studied at Plymouth College of Art (1996 - 1997), Liverpool John Moores University (1997 - 2000) and Manchester Metropolitan University (2000 2001). His exhibitions include Frienlage (Firstsite, Colchester 2006), Social Work (Cornerhouse Projects, Manchester 2006), Post notes (ICA, London 2005), The Rudiments of Ornamental Composition (LOT, Bristol 2005), and John Moores 23 (Liverpool Biennial, The Walker Art Gallery 2004). He is a lecturer at Lincoln University and a visiting lecturer at Wolverhampton and Salford University. Future projects include Small Mischiefs (Pumphouse Gallery, London) and solo shows at Transition Gallery (London) and Wolverhapmton Art Gallery (2007). He currently lives and works in Manchester.

June

LYNDALL PHELPS

Gently Enticing

Lyndall Phelps’ Gently Enticing is a re-working of Drift, 2005, a site specific installation for the rotunda of the Great Eastern Hotel, London, commissioned by Commissions East.

Lyndall Phelps worked with Cole & Son to produce white flocked wallpaper in 12 background colours. The floral design of the wallpaper echoes the common plants favoured by Jekyll and the graduation of colour replicated the drifts of colour used in her planting schemes.

The title is a quote from Jekyll's Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden first published 1908. Isolated from its original text, the quotation becomes sexually suggestive, hinting at out of sight activities. The selection of this artwork introduces the feminine, the decorative and the nature already present in Barrington’s Jekyll inspired gardens into the masculinity of the paneled interior.

Lyndall Phelps is an Australian artist living and working in Ely, Cambridgeshire. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including recently The Pigeon Archive 2010 a commission by Milton Keynes Gallery touring  to the Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool and King’s Lynn Arts Centre and a residency at the Natural History Museum, London.

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